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defile meaning in Kannada

ಕೊಳೆ ಮಾಡು

/dɪˈfaɪl/US/dəˈfaɪl/

defile in Kannada: ಕೊಳೆ ಮಾಡು, ಹೊಲೆಗೆಲಸ, ಮಲಿನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕಲುಷಿತಗೊಳಿಸು. In English, defile means to make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

Kannada words for defile

ಕೊಳೆ ಮಾಡು, ಹೊಲೆಗೆಲಸ, ಮಲಿನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕಲುಷಿತಗೊಳಿಸು, ಎಂಜಲಿಸು, ಮೈಲಿಗೆ ಮಾಡು

English meaning of defile

  1. verb To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
  2. verb To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
  3. verb To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
  4. verb To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.

Full definition of defile

defile in a sentence

  • To urinate on someone’s grave is an example of a way to defile it.
  • The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl.

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Questions about defile in Kannada

What is the meaning of defile in Kannada?
Defile in Kannada is ಕೊಳೆ ಮಾಡು, ಹೊಲೆಗೆಲಸ, ಮಲಿನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕಲುಷಿತಗೊಳಿಸು.
defile ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Defile: ಕೊಳೆ ಮಾಡು, ಹೊಲೆಗೆಲಸ, ಮಲಿನಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕಲುಷಿತಗೊಳಿಸು.
What does defile mean in English?
Defile means to make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: defile (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: defile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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